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and he'll let us know about it. >> so the righteous indignation of martin luther king jr. becomes a moment in political calculation, and that makes my blood boil. here a cheap, there a cheap, everywhere a cheap... you get it. so, what if instead of just a cheap choice you could make a smart choice? like, esurance for example. they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. it's what they've always done. not just something they cheap about. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel, etanercept suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections tuberculosis lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. be
and he'll let us know about it. >> so the righteous indignation of martin luther king jr. becomes a moment in political calculation, and that makes my blood boil. here a cheap, there a cheap, everywhere a cheap... you get it. so, what if instead of just a cheap choice you could make a smart choice? like, esurance for example. they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. it's what they've always done. not just something they cheap about. that's insurance for the...
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luther king jr. and dawn and gandhi were great but do not apply to these things because of al-qaeda. i was disappointed when he said that. if we look throughout history and the people we admire, jesus gandhi mandela mandela did decide to endorse violent tactics in his struggle. would i be able to pull the trigger? the case would have to be extremely wear and to use that power with the utmost judiciousness. i would not be able to pull a trigger that it was going to go against people that i would kill. i could not do that. >> cenk: signature strikes. that's what michael is referring to there, where we don't know who we are killing. personality strikes where we do know who we're killing. i think we can agree we could not doing signature strikes. but gandhi said, i chose the method of peace, also because we didn't have the guns. >> it wasn't an option. >> but michael hayes i guess brought up martin luther king jr. and nelson mandela. jimmy carter was president for four years. never fired a gun. never dro
luther king jr. and dawn and gandhi were great but do not apply to these things because of al-qaeda. i was disappointed when he said that. if we look throughout history and the people we admire, jesus gandhi mandela mandela did decide to endorse violent tactics in his struggle. would i be able to pull the trigger? the case would have to be extremely wear and to use that power with the utmost judiciousness. i would not be able to pull a trigger that it was going to go against people that i would...
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i think people going after snowden are evoking martin luther king and rosa parks. i figure say no, he's not but don't bring him up if people defending snowden aren't bringing up those figures. cenk: you put together the compilation yesterday bob schaefer and perry oh, he's not gandy. he would like to not spend his life in jail or be executed. he has principles. he's trying to walk a line. it's a really, really hard line. what would you do, say all right, here, i give myself into obama and i'm going to get the bradley manning treatment? >> this is why i admire snowden. what he did was important and he gave up a very, very curby lifestyle in hawaii with a beautiful girlfriend to do what he has done. it takes a tremendous amount of courage and that courage continues when he decides you know what, i'm not going to take asylum from russia, because it goes against my principles. that's a very principled person. >> glenn greenwald said there is even more information, shocking information to come. >> what's the end game here for ed snowden? >> from the first time i spoke w
i think people going after snowden are evoking martin luther king and rosa parks. i figure say no, he's not but don't bring him up if people defending snowden aren't bringing up those figures. cenk: you put together the compilation yesterday bob schaefer and perry oh, he's not gandy. he would like to not spend his life in jail or be executed. he has principles. he's trying to walk a line. it's a really, really hard line. what would you do, say all right, here, i give myself into obama and i'm...
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men and women who led the civil rights movement, rosa parks, martin luther king jr. they are true heroes. i'mi'm not ready to put edward joe den in that category. i don't remember rosa parks and martin luther king jr. running off to hide in china. theythat's a little different than putting the nation's security at risk and running away. >> cenk: oh, edward snowden is not martin luther king jr. you win. we already knew that. that's apples and oranges and in a different part that have commentary he knows a lot of people in government and he likes a lot of people in government. but bob, that's the problem, you know those guys too well. you think these are my buttedies. don't reveal information about them. and i think you totally lost traffic of challenging the government. so, you know theater. let's bring in the panel again casper the reverend, lee fang, he writes for "the nation" in san francisco. lee, i'm starting with you. bob shaefer guilty or not guilty. >> guilty. the biggest bias is not is a close connection to the establishment whether that's the big business co
men and women who led the civil rights movement, rosa parks, martin luther king jr. they are true heroes. i'mi'm not ready to put edward joe den in that category. i don't remember rosa parks and martin luther king jr. running off to hide in china. theythat's a little different than putting the nation's security at risk and running away. >> cenk: oh, edward snowden is not martin luther king jr. you win. we already knew that. that's apples and oranges and in a different part that have...
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martin luther king jr. was told by in the johnson forget about the voting rights act this country isn't ready for it. king went back to selma people came together, the whole country rose up together, it wasn't a majority of the people, but enough, people made it clear they weren't going to go away and within months, the voting rights act was passed. we can do it as engaged americans, but it's not through complacency and 166 it's organizing and mobilizing and all of us coming together. it doesn't have to be under a partisan political party. cenk: rocky, i got to ask you one last question here. that's on the issue of gun control. everybody praised the president for strong words he during the state of the union. you don't agree with that why? >> what did he call for? he took on this sort of preacher persona, and then he played one of the great rhetorical trickion of all time. he never advocated for any particular solution. he kept saying they deserve a vote. they deserve a vote, kept repeating that. he talked
martin luther king jr. was told by in the johnson forget about the voting rights act this country isn't ready for it. king went back to selma people came together, the whole country rose up together, it wasn't a majority of the people, but enough, people made it clear they weren't going to go away and within months, the voting rights act was passed. we can do it as engaged americans, but it's not through complacency and 166 it's organizing and mobilizing and all of us coming together. it...
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how do you like them apples, and martin luther king jr. was also a reverend. there are great religious figures in the world, and look, today was a good day in terms of pope francis heading in the right direction even with the huge caveat that ana points out. now let's turn to fox news. this prolific author who has written many books, i've interviewed him in the past about those books. he's an expert on religion, he's a scholar. fox news doesn't understand the concept. they have him on and they're f flumoxed that he could write a book about religion. >> you're a muslim. why did you write a book about christianity. >> to be clear i'm a scholar of religion with four degrees including one in the new testament and studying the origins of christianity for two decades who also just happens to be a muslim. it's not that i'm just some muslim writing about jesus. i am an expert with a ph.d in the history of religious. >> it begs the question why would you be interested in the founder of christianity. >> because it's my job as an academic. i am a professor of religion in
how do you like them apples, and martin luther king jr. was also a reverend. there are great religious figures in the world, and look, today was a good day in terms of pope francis heading in the right direction even with the huge caveat that ana points out. now let's turn to fox news. this prolific author who has written many books, i've interviewed him in the past about those books. he's an expert on religion, he's a scholar. fox news doesn't understand the concept. they have him on and...
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but of course rove is not martin luther king jr. >> cenk: really? yeah to say the least. >> people were fascinated like king was fighting for equal rights and rove and billionaires are fighting for tax breaks. not quite the same. >> cenk: it doesn't matter if you break the laws as the bush administration did because president obama looks forward he doesn't look backwards. he's going let you get away with anything anyway, he's encouraged by that, if you ask me. carl unger, thank you for "boss rove"." >> thank for having me, cenk. >> cenk: someone is not taking what the republicans are dishing out. the family of a navy seal who was actually killed in libya strikes back. >> one was a former navy seal, and glen doherty and you can imagine how shocked i was to learn that he was one of the two navy--former navy seals killed in bengahzi. >> cenk: wait until you see how shocked he is when his mom said, cut it out. i don't want you to talk about him any more. and then mark hamill. look at this. awesome. the force is with us when we (vo) what is said here cou
but of course rove is not martin luther king jr. >> cenk: really? yeah to say the least. >> people were fascinated like king was fighting for equal rights and rove and billionaires are fighting for tax breaks. not quite the same. >> cenk: it doesn't matter if you break the laws as the bush administration did because president obama looks forward he doesn't look backwards. he's going let you get away with anything anyway, he's encouraged by that, if you ask me. carl unger,...
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. >> they did that to martin luther king jr. and they've done it to other movements. it's the people who are stronger who say screw you listen to my conversations. >> cenk: we shouldn't have to do that. >> it's generally fighting your government to some degree. >> cenk: when we come back, a senior harvard law will professor who cares about these technology issues and has fought tooth and nail the government, and we'll come back and discuss that and targeting journalists we'll talk about that when we come back. >> the nsa specifically targets the communication of everyone. it collects them in their system and filters them and analyzes them and measures them and stores them. any analysts at any time can argentina. rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "gr
. >> they did that to martin luther king jr. and they've done it to other movements. it's the people who are stronger who say screw you listen to my conversations. >> cenk: we shouldn't have to do that. >> it's generally fighting your government to some degree. >> cenk: when we come back, a senior harvard law will professor who cares about these technology issues and has fought tooth and nail the government, and we'll come back and discuss that and targeting journalists...
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it was effectively the rainbow coalition saying in honor of martin luther king jr.'s birthday we're going to give these guns back. >> cenk: the reason why i like it i think so many times those guns fire accidently. on gun appreciation day we had five people shot in three different shootings accidently. >> right. >> cenk: because they couldn't properly handle their weapon. but i'm curious about one funny thing. what did you do with the rocket launchers? did you also destroy those or say, let's keep those for the sheriff department. >> we ran the hell away from those things because we didn't know if it had a mind of its own. can you imagine confiscateing or surrendering a rocket launcher. >> cenk: who did that, and tell me that you tracked them. i know you're not allowed to. >> it was quite tempting, but the rules of the game happen to be no questions asked. just turn your weapons in. we will give you the proper amount of money that we agreed to pay and that's the end of it it. >> cenk: mark rididyyhohos. th k thu foryoeifoein n hehe young [ male announcer ] the exclus
it was effectively the rainbow coalition saying in honor of martin luther king jr.'s birthday we're going to give these guns back. >> cenk: the reason why i like it i think so many times those guns fire accidently. on gun appreciation day we had five people shot in three different shootings accidently. >> right. >> cenk: because they couldn't properly handle their weapon. but i'm curious about one funny thing. what did you do with the rocket launchers? did you also destroy...
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luther king day as a holiday. if they desire to be significant international players the rest of the world said, look, if you're going to treat women like this, you're going to be an international player. >> cenk: absolutely. >> and the. international pressure worked. they decided to let this woman out of jail. her next court date was supposed to be in september, but all of a sudden cnn plays all these international interviews, and lo and behold she's out today. >> cenk: one of the reasons they got rid of apartheid in south africa was for rugby. that was forays, why not for gender. the women of uae are imprisoned. they literally can't leave their house. if they leave their house they could be raped. if they're raped they could be thrown in jail. if you don't take actions on that, what will you take actions on? that's the story. it's tragic. when we come back we'll go to a much lighter note although i'm not pleased about the news on this either. yes, all right stupid royal baby. it's not the baby's fault. it's not
luther king day as a holiday. if they desire to be significant international players the rest of the world said, look, if you're going to treat women like this, you're going to be an international player. >> cenk: absolutely. >> and the. international pressure worked. they decided to let this woman out of jail. her next court date was supposed to be in september, but all of a sudden cnn plays all these international interviews, and lo and behold she's out today. >> cenk: one...
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he was martin luther king jr.'s lawyer. obama reminds me of growing up a little bit with this man because he was in the business world. he was in the political world and he had to keep a certain demeanor. he was successful, so he moved up to a fancy neighborhood in the bronx, believe it or not there was one back then in riverdale, and he would go jogging every morning. every single morning he was stopped by the police. this was 1960--1970. he always managed to keep an integrity about him. and a dignity about him. i think he had to do that out of political necessity. out of survival. that article in the atlantic talked about whether obama has the freedom to react like he would really emotionally want to react. i don't know. what do you think about that? we all want him to just deck him. we all want him to roll up his sleeves and deal with the lies head on and say i'm sorry, are you talking to me? you know what i mean? and just walk over and go, look me in the eye and say that again, pal, because i got some things i'm going t
he was martin luther king jr.'s lawyer. obama reminds me of growing up a little bit with this man because he was in the business world. he was in the political world and he had to keep a certain demeanor. he was successful, so he moved up to a fancy neighborhood in the bronx, believe it or not there was one back then in riverdale, and he would go jogging every morning. every single morning he was stopped by the police. this was 1960--1970. he always managed to keep an integrity about him. and a...
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luther king jr. why did he do it? he broke the quote/unquote law if he did it because he wants you to know what our government is up to. we found out that our government through that disastrous war in iraq wound up killing 15,000 extra civilians in iraq. did your press tell you that? they're lap dogs. that's why they hate bradley manning and julian assange. they'll tell you what the press won't tell you. the government is screwing you. he showed you tape of murders
luther king jr. why did he do it? he broke the quote/unquote law if he did it because he wants you to know what our government is up to. we found out that our government through that disastrous war in iraq wound up killing 15,000 extra civilians in iraq. did your press tell you that? they're lap dogs. that's why they hate bradley manning and julian assange. they'll tell you what the press won't tell you. the government is screwing you. he showed you tape of murders
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earlier generations julian bonn, martin luther king jr. got to prove themselves in the most dramatic and unbelievable ways. it happens again. they always find an other to attack right? and to hate and to pour their fear and hatred into. in this case they do it to gay people. if you actually cared about what's in the bible and the bible has been used as an excuse forever, they used it during the civil rights era and to discriminate against blacks, divorce is our worst crime than being gay. of course they don't do this against people who are divorced because they feel like they're one of us and we need to find someone we can isolate and hate. >> divorce used to be so taboo. we've progressed to the point where we're much more understanding when a couple does divorce. i do see that the country is progressing and hopefully we'll progress to a point where we're not so judgmental and hateful toward anything or anyone who is different from us. >> the other thing i never understood is public pools. i don't know why people want to go to public pools
earlier generations julian bonn, martin luther king jr. got to prove themselves in the most dramatic and unbelievable ways. it happens again. they always find an other to attack right? and to hate and to pour their fear and hatred into. in this case they do it to gay people. if you actually cared about what's in the bible and the bible has been used as an excuse forever, they used it during the civil rights era and to discriminate against blacks, divorce is our worst crime than being gay. of...
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but martin luther king jr. said the budget is the most moral document you ever look at. and it's hugely expensive to think all of the resources into killing one human being meanwhile, law enforcement there is no community policing, where the money could be spent better. now, you have to take people there. it's counter intuitive because you have people saying, i'm not going to spend all my tax money to keep those people in life compared to the chemicals cost. but it's everything about the death penalty. the d.a.'s themselves talking about it as a cadillac of the criminal justice system. all of these things are converges, and americans are saying it's just not working. what difference do we see? let's do something else. >> cenk: who doesn't love sister prejean. i love that line from "dead man walking" when the man quotes the bible to you obviously susan sarandon playing you. and then you say let me remind myself not to get into a bible-quoting with a nun. >> you know, what do you do, what is a nun doing in a place like this. he starts quoting all these things. i start goin
but martin luther king jr. said the budget is the most moral document you ever look at. and it's hugely expensive to think all of the resources into killing one human being meanwhile, law enforcement there is no community policing, where the money could be spent better. now, you have to take people there. it's counter intuitive because you have people saying, i'm not going to spend all my tax money to keep those people in life compared to the chemicals cost. but it's everything about the death...
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of course, he was on stage with martin luther king in their famous i have a dream speech and he's the only one alive who was on that stage. he said in keeping with the philosophies and disciplines of non-violence: cenk: so, do you think edward snowden is in that category, do you agree with congressman lewis or not? >> well, as st. augustine said 1700 years ago, an unjust law is no law at all. snowden has said that the reason why he stepped forward is because back in march, the national security advisor lied to the american public, lied to the senate, and said that there was no mass surveillance of americans. he was asked point blank are you keeping records on americans, and he said no. now we found out since then that he tried to correct his testimony the next day, but said that his correction was classified, so you or i or no one else could hear about it. cenk: hilarious. >> it would be funny except for the fact that it's so sad. the national security state that we've created now takes a picture of every item that we put in the mail. it records information about every phone call that
of course, he was on stage with martin luther king in their famous i have a dream speech and he's the only one alive who was on that stage. he said in keeping with the philosophies and disciplines of non-violence: cenk: so, do you think edward snowden is in that category, do you agree with congressman lewis or not? >> well, as st. augustine said 1700 years ago, an unjust law is no law at all. snowden has said that the reason why he stepped forward is because back in march, the national...
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and martin luther king jr. you can't do civil di dis disobedieu got to put him in the jail. he didn't have the right permits. did he it the wrong way. they always use that as an excuse. snowden at one point said that the nsa has turned up turnkey totalitarianism. the guy who confirms that is the former head of the nsa michael hayden. let's see how he has confirmed it. >> this is no one's proposal. you've got this meta-data here. it's now quarried under very, very narrow circumstances. if the nation suffers an attack, there are other things you could do with that meta-d meta-data. there are other tools. in that kind of emergency, perhaps you would go to the court and say now in addition to these limited inquiries we are now allowed to do we want to launch algorithms against it. >> cenk: isn't that saying yeah, we want to flip the switch and look through that data that are much bigger violations of your privacy, we can do it. >> right, i think that, you know, the question of the sow called debate that we're supposed to have is actually less important than the fact of the entir
and martin luther king jr. you can't do civil di dis disobedieu got to put him in the jail. he didn't have the right permits. did he it the wrong way. they always use that as an excuse. snowden at one point said that the nsa has turned up turnkey totalitarianism. the guy who confirms that is the former head of the nsa michael hayden. let's see how he has confirmed it. >> this is no one's proposal. you've got this meta-data here. it's now quarried under very, very narrow circumstances. if...
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martin luther king was always on the right side of the law. they weren't allowing him to do the protests or sit on the right side of the bus. they would do civil obedience because what was the legal thing wasn't the moral thing. we've got to keep our eye on that. when we come back, we're going to talk about jim kerry. he's taking a principled stand be, but it's on a movie he was in that's now a guest. we'll talk about that when we return. cenk: as if our panel was not extraordinary enough we've added to it. first, we we have ana kasparian. >> howdy. >> rashad robinson, color of change in new york. weaver located him. or maybe ecuador. and now hermela here. >> the first story about actor jim carrey taking a stance against gun control in a way that is ticking some people off. he starred in a movie, but refuses to promote it because of violence. >> jim carrey place a crime fighting vigilante. he wrote that he shot the film a month before sandy hook and now in all good conscious i cannot support that level of violence. >> spoke to jim back in marc
martin luther king was always on the right side of the law. they weren't allowing him to do the protests or sit on the right side of the bus. they would do civil obedience because what was the legal thing wasn't the moral thing. we've got to keep our eye on that. when we come back, we're going to talk about jim kerry. he's taking a principled stand be, but it's on a movie he was in that's now a guest. we'll talk about that when we return. cenk: as if our panel was not extraordinary enough we've...
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do you remember in clemson there was martin luther king jr. it was a party to commemorate administrate administrate day. you hadmartin luther king jr. day. you had people putting stuff in per pants. and we're talking about commemorating from it. it's a ruse. it's bs. >> cenk: if a comedian did it. >> there is a place in comedy, just because it was okay once. >> again this is a school, a school, a school. this is where you should be the purist of all. >> cenk: those are all good points. you know, they put that stuff in our head. i remember back to my high school and the whole problem was that we didn't think twice of it, oh, of course yeah. i was proud that my girlfriend was in the top ten. hey, look at me. by the way i got outbid. >> she dumped you. >> cenk: eventually. last thing how about if it role reversal and it's the powerless being the powerful. if it's a white people day is that acceptable? >> no one would think it's that funny, i think. it's always the bully who laughs and points. but then they go, whatever, dude, and then it stops be
do you remember in clemson there was martin luther king jr. it was a party to commemorate administrate administrate day. you hadmartin luther king jr. day. you had people putting stuff in per pants. and we're talking about commemorating from it. it's a ruse. it's bs. >> cenk: if a comedian did it. >> there is a place in comedy, just because it was okay once. >> again this is a school, a school, a school. this is where you should be the purist of all. >> cenk: those are...